William Vernon Ford
- Name on Memorial: Ford, V W
- Memorial Panel: Centre
- Full Name: William Vernon Ford
- Rank: Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
- Service Details: 1211751 103 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
- Age at Death: 31
- Date of Death: 31/03/1944
- Place of Birth: unknown
- Son Of: Herbert William and Daisy Lavinia Ford, of Banbury, Oxfordshire
- Mother's Maiden Name: Gamblin
- Parents' Marriage Details: Cardiff Sep-21
- Husband Of: unknown
- Wife's Maiden Name: unknown
- Marriage Details: unknown
- Cemetery: HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
- Additional Information: When lost this aircraft was on its first operation and had a total of 11 hours. ME721 was one of two 103 Sqdn Lancaster lost on this operation. See: JB736 Airborne 2221 30Mar44 from Elsham Wolds. Shot down by a night- fighter outbound, and crashed 1,800 metres SE of H_nfeld. All are buried in Hannover War Cemetery. P/O R.R.J.Tate KIA Sgt R.J.MacDonald KIA F/S A.c.Belyea RCAF KIA Sgt E.McCully KIA Sgt W.V.Ford KIA Sgt J.Norgrove KIA Sgt P.J.Lynch KIA.
Source: LostBombers.co.uk
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